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The Return of JEM- 2012

PAWTUCKET, R.I. - SEPTEMBER 8, 2011 - For the first time at New York Comic Con, Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS) will attend the convention at the Javits Convention Center in New York City from October 13-16 to present many of its iconic brands and meet with fans. Hasbro will have a significant booth presence featuring current and upcoming products from its TRANSFORMERS, G.I. JOE, JEM AND THE HOLOGRAMS and KRE-O brands and BEYBLADE, MARVEL and STAR WARS lines. Additionally, Hasbro will host panels for several of its properties and action figure lines as well as offer for sale several HasbroToyShop.com special edition products made for New York Comic Con convention goers.

Hot on the tail of Hasbro's press release (9/8/11) officially marking their presence at next month's New York Comic Con, several standard character trademarks have been registered for the JEM AND THE HOLOGRAMS brand at the United States Patent and Trademark Office:

JERRICA BENTON

RIO PACHECO

AJA LEITH

SHANA ELMSFORD

KIMBER BENTON

MINX

Each have been registered as "Dolls, doll clothing and doll accessories; toy figures and playsets for use therewith". As some of you may know, this is standard practice by Hasbro to secure created, and they have to be used in order to keep the trademarks. This news continues to build upon the anticipation of the reveals from Hasbro at the upcoming New York Comic Con as it could very well mean that Hasbro intends to relaunch the JEM brand much like it has other brands from the '80s. Of particular note is the "MINX" register, which is a character from the later addition of the 3rd band, the Stingers. Members from the Misfits remain absent from this update, but this is just the beginning of Hasbro's venture into this potential relaunch.

If Jems comes back as anything other than a rock star there will be Hell to pay.

That will be interesting to see!

Back in '87 Hasbro decided that they had limited themselves with the 'Rockstar' angle and started adjusting the Story, they allowed Jem to get a Movie role, and this would lead to the 88' Collection 'Hollywood' Jem!

All of the Holograms would get 'Hollywood' makeovers and The Misfits would be phased out, leaving the Stingers as the main antagonists!

Back in '87 Hasbro decided that they had limited themselves with the 'Rockstar' angle and started adjusting the Story, they allowed Jem to get a Movie role, and this would lead to the 88' Collection 'Hollywood' Jem!

All of the Holograms would get 'Hollywood' makeovers and The Misfits would be phased out, leaving the Stingers as the main antagonists!

Really? That's interesting, however The Misfits are too awesome to be dismissed. The Stingers were fun, but they paled in comparison. I didn't really enjoy their characters the way I did Pizazz, Stormer and Roxy.

Really? That's interesting, however The Misfits are too awesome to be dismissed. The Stingers were fun, but they paled in comparison. I didn't really enjoy their characters the way I did Pizazz, Stormer and Roxy.

Amen to that!

of the unreleased '3rd Year' dolls only the stingers were 'Musicians'. the others were -

Regine (Paris) a Fashion designer from Martinique who would design the Holograms costumes.

Astral - A fortune teller and magician who would guide the Holograms careers in Hollywood. and design their stage effects!

Graphix - A young Grafitti artist who would join the Misfits (if they made it to the 3rd year)

and the Stingers!

The only returning holograms were Danse and Video!

and three proposed JEM dolls - 'HOLLYWOOD Jem', 'American Beauty Jem' and Rockin' Romance Jem'. RRJ at least made it to packaged sample status as there are at least 10 that have surfaced, the last sold on ebay for $10,000 (us).

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These are pages from the 88' Hasbro dealers catalogue, and the only images of the Regine and Astral dolls with their new face sculpts! The line was cancelled shortly after the catalogue was distributed! and the dolls were never made (except the limited quantity of Rockin' Romance)

There was something really bizarre about seeing a cartoon that was clearly the same style as GI Joe and yet it was a musical soap opera that ran alongside Robotix and Inhumanoids. It was just so schizoid. Some songs were even catchy. Misfits' We're Taking it All and Holograms' She's Got the Power are still fresh in my memory. I don't think I'd be buying toys for this, but I might look at the first episode of a relaunch show. I'm probably not now or ever was the intended audience though, so I just file this amidst the other crazy stuff I watched as a kid.

That's awesome! I LOVED my Jem dolls when I was a kid, and it'd be great to see them make a comeback. I got so excited a few weeks ago when I saw Jem on TV for the first time in years. I've been watching it every Friday night ever since!